The Duterte administration will go after Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corp. if it has indeed cheated the government of the taxes it should pay. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque gave this guarantee during a virtual press conference Friday, Oct. 29,...
Senator Francis Tolentino has filed a bill seeking to ensure that government suppliers and contractors are financially capable to take on their obligations even in emergency purchases. Senator Francis Tolentino (Senate of the Philippines PRIB) Tolentino recently filed Senate Bill No. 2433 to amend...
State-run Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) is lending P500 million to the local government unit (LGU) of Pangasinan largely to help the province buy more palay direct from farmers. A statement showed that LANDBANK signed a P500-million loan agreement with Pangasinan LGU particularly to...
President Duterte has set his crosshairs on a new senator--Liberal Party (LP) President Francis Pangilinan. President Rodrigo Duterte (left) and Senator Francis Pangilinan (Photos from Malacañang/ MANILA BULLETIN) During the "Talk to the People" public briefing late Wednesday night, Sept. 22,...
House Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez has stressed the need to scrap the Procurement Service - Department of Budget and Management (DBM-PS) following the issues and controversies hounding the government procurement agency. In filing House Bill No. 10222, Rodriguez said national government...
Former Budget Undersecretary Lloyd Christopher Lao on Monday, Sept. 13, maintained that he exercised due diligence in selecting contractors for the Department of Health's (DOH) supply requirements for COVID-19 response. Former Budget Undersecretary Lloyd Christopher Lao addresses issues related to...
Commission on Audit (COA) chairman Michael Aguinaldo has expressed his backing for the calls to abolish the Philippine International Trading Corporation (PITC) and the Department of Budget and Management's Procurement Service (DBM-PS), to address issues in government procurements. Commission on...
DOH/MB The Department of Health (DOH) said that its purchase of ambulances has undergone the regular process of procurement. DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said that they were transparent in their procurement process. “Gusto ko lang ipahatid sa ating mga kababayan (I just want to say...
Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., chief implementer of the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19, readily responded Thursday night, Sept. 2, when he was bombarded by President Duterte with questions on the government's procurement of personal protective equipment (PPEs) in the early months of the...
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque believes that the controversial former Procurement Service (PS) executive director Christopher Lloyd Lao is still in the Philippines Former PS-DBM executive director Christopher Lloyd Lao (Screenshot from Senate YouTube video) Roque was asked about the former...
Senators agreed that there should be a review of the procedures in tapping the Department of Budget and Management's Procurement Service (DBM-PS) and the Philippine International Trading Corporation (PITC) for buying supplies for government agencies. Senator Juan Edgardo 'Sonny' Angara (Senate...
In an attempt to justify the current government's purchase of personal protective equipment (PPEs) worth P1,700 each, Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque asked opposition Senator Franklin Drilon to explain the purchase of his allies in the previous administration of PPEs worth at least P3,000 each....
